盘qu属鱼类口吸盘的形态分化及其意义

具大、小吸盘的两个类群是盘qu鱼类在演化进程中分化成的两个自然类群, 它们为适应不同的栖息环境, 吸盘的微观结构和须的长短等进一步分化, 分化途径在两个类群各不相同。图版2参9

树qu红核的细胞构筑和红核脊髓束的起源

用Nissl法染色和HRP注入树qu脊髓的不同节段,结果表明,树qu红核和上丘高度向吻侧延伸至乳头体内侧核尾端,细胞柱呈梭状,长约3.7mm,最大处直径2mm。它由大(60-100#mu#m)、中(30-50#mu#m)和小型(10-25#mu#m)细胞构成。红核吻段大细胞较多,占60.7%,中尾段中小型细胞多,占71.7%,, 中、小细胞散在分布于大细胞之间。树qu的红核-脊髓束主要由对侧红核大、中和小型细胞发出的纤维组成;红核吻段背侧部,中尾段的腹部、腹中部和腹中背部细胞发出的纤维交叉投射到颈吻段;红核吻、中、尾段的腹部、腹中部和腹中背部细胞发出的纤维还投射到对侧颈尾段;红核中尾段的腹部、腹中部、腹中背部细胞也有纤维交叉投射到腰段;只有红核吻段和尾段少量细胞发出的纤维投射到同侧颈段。

思茅地区咖啡天牛天敌的多样性调查和控制评价

在1994-1997年的调查研究中发现思茅地区拥有丰富的天敌资源。共鉴定出8种主要捕食和寄生于咖啡天牛的天敌,其中蚂蚁类4种、寄生蜂2种。饲养和调查结果显示,黑褐举腹蚁、立毛举腹蚁、间斑举腹姬蜂和蠼螋4种捕食或寄生性天敌,自然种群大、控制能力强,有很大的利用前景。

Sleeping sites of Rhinopithecus bieti at Mt. Fuhe, Yunnan

Data on sleeping site selection were collected for a group of black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus bieti; around 80) at Mt. Fuhe, Yunnan, China (99degrees20'E, 26degrees25'N, about 3,000 m asl) from November 2000 to January 2002. At the site mainly three vegetation types were present in an elevation-ascending order: deciduous broad leaf forest, mixed coniferous and broad leaf forest, and dark coniferous forest. In addition, bamboo forest presented in areas burned in 1958. Sleeping sites (n = 10) were located in the coniferous forest, where trees were the tallest, bottommost branches were the highest, the diameter of crowns was the second largest, and the gradient of the ground was the steepest. Monkeys usually kept quiet during entering and staying at a sleeping site. The site choice and the quietness may be tactics to avoid potential predators. In the coniferous forest, however, monkeys did not sleep in the valley bottom where trees were the largest, but frequently slept in the middle of the slope towards the east/southeast, in the shadow of ridges in three other directions, to avoid strong wind and to access sunshine; in winter-spring, they ranged in a more southern and lower area than in summer-autumn. These may be behavioral strategies to minimize energy stress in the cold habitat. Monkeys often slept in the same sleeping site on consecutive nights, which reflected a reduced pressure of predation probably due to either the effectiveness of anti-predation through sleeping site selection, or the population decline of predators with increasing human activities in the habitat. The group's behavioral responses to interactive and sometimes conflicting traits of the habitat are site-specific and conform to expectations for a temperate zone primate.

Expression, purification and characterization of recombinant Jerdonitin, a P-II class snake venom metalloproteinase comprising metalloproteinase and disintegrin domains

Jerdonitin is a P-II class snake venom metalloproteinase comprising metalloproteinase and disintegrin domains. In this study, we established a high-level expression system in Pichia pastoris and developed a purification strategy for the recombinant Jerdonitin. This recombinant Jerdonitin degraded fibrinogen at a level of activity comparable with its wild type. The effects of recombinant Jerdonitin on inhibiting ADP-induced human platelet aggregation were in a dose-dependent manner with an IC50 of 248 nM. In addition, we reported here that Jerdonitin can significantly inhibit the growth of several cell lines, including human liver cancer cells (Bel7402), human leukemia cells (K562) and human gastric carcinoma cells (BGC823). This study offers recombinant Jerdonitin that will be valuable for further functional and structural studies of Jerdonitin. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.